Marcia Brown
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Description
Marcia Joan Brown (July 13, 1918 – April 28, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, and six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best U.S. picture book illustration, and the ALA's Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1992 for her career contribution to children's literature. Many of her titles have been published in translation, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish and Xhosa-Bantu editions. Brown is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature.
Books
Dick Whittington and his cat
Retells the legend of the poor boy in medieval England who trades his beloved cat for a fortune in gold and jewels and eventually becomes Lord Mayor of London.
Touch will tell
Text and photographs present ways to experience the world through the sense of touch.
Listen to a shape
Introduces such shapes as the circle, square, and crescent and demonstrates the many shapes found in nature.
Walk with your eyes
Text and photographs encourage the reader to carefully observe his surroundings.
The blue jackal
A timid jackal becomes king of the forest by virtue of his extraordinary color.
All butterflies
Pairs of words, such as "All Butterflies," "Cat Dance," and "Elephants Fly," are set against illustrative woodcuts.
The Bun; A Tale from Russia
The bun gets away from the old man and his wife, the hare, the wolf, and the bear, but the cunning fox poses a different problem.
Once a Mouse
As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.
How, hippo!
The first time Little Hippo is separated from his mother he has a frightening encounter with a crocodile.
The neighbors
When the fox's ice house melts, he simply takes over the hare's home who then must find a way to get it back.
Backbone of the king
"Based on the Hawaiian story of Paka and Kuapakaa, ther personal attendants of Keawenuiaumi ... collected, assembled, selected, and edited by Moses K. Nakuina. Honolulu, n.d. Translation from the Hawaiian by Dorothy M. Kahananui."
Tamarindo!
When a donkey disappears, four young boys who have been playing soldier set out to find the animal.
Felice
In Venice, city of cats and canals, a little striped cat is befriended by a canal boatman's son and gets a name and a home.
Stone soup
The little carousel
It was a beautiful spring afternoon and everyone was happy but Anthony. Anthony was alone. His brother had gone to play baseball. His father was away. His mother was working. So Anthony looked out of the window and saw Mr. Corelli and his carousel coming down the street. "A Merry-go-round!" Anthony shouted and ran down the stairs. And then the most exciting thing happened and Anthony wasn't unhappy or lonely any more.
Cinderella
"Fabletown's top agent must stop illegal trafficking in supernatural artifacts. But can Cindy foil the dark plot before Fabletown is exposed to the mundy world?" -- from publisher's web site.